Farewell to summer in Freiburg

The weather forecast had announced some good weather this weekend and I decided to go to Freiburg, a city I always wanted to know, as a way to say goodbye to good weather and to my day-trips to Germany.

Before starting describing what I found there, I must refer to my trip in train. I saw there two people who made me think about how fortunate I am. The first one was a teenager having extremely strong spasms and convulsions. My first reaction was that of thinking he was some kind of mentally-handicapped person and I understand how hard it must be for him when everybody look at him, at his spasms, which he cannot control, with fear and mistrust. The second person was a blind man taking the train in Freiburg. If live is hard enough for you, just imagine it in complete darkness...

Freiburg in Breisgau is a university city, with an extremely well-preserved historical centre. It is possible to walk along most part of its clean streets, but I soon missed something very important in Germany: the river, it is not in the heart of the city, contrary to what happens in, among others, Cologne, Frankfurt, Koblenz or Mainz. Among the historial street, I would like to highlight Konviktstrasse, with its charming shops and, more especifically, the restaurant-hotel Blauekreuz, where you can have incredibly good food for a very nice price. It is also remarkable how the people park their bikes in Freiburg (see picture attached), I cannot find any good reason for parking your bicycle on top of a stone crocodrile in the middle of a canal.

Let me draw your attention about one thing: Schlossberg has not castle (as its name in German suggests). It has an amazing walk through the forest, via very steep ways, which finally ends in an observation tower, who was funded by the persons and institutions to be read in its stairs. From the top of it (attention, it moves!!!!!!), you can see three countries: Switzerland, France and Germany, but not surprisingly, you cannot see the border line or any differences in the views.

The main tourist attraction of Freiburg is the cathedral (Münster in German). It seems it survived the Second World War without severe damages, but this time I could not enjoy it all due to the restoration works currently being developed and due to the market organised every Saturday around it. In any case, the stain glasses inside are really beautiful and one can guess who paid the bills by looking at the symbol at the bottom of them. The tower provides very good views of the surroundings and good news are that you only pay at the top, meaning that those who give up do not have to pay for the attempt.
To sum up, Freiburg is one of the most beautiful cities I have visited in Germany and it really looks like an amazing place to live or study.